Artificial vision system for the control of adaptive cruise in cars. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Artificial vision system for adaptive cruise control in automobiles. The system object of invention has the purpose of realizing the control of the speed of a car automatically depending on the distance or the existing time with respect to the previous vehicle in the same lane. This type of systems is usually called adaptive cruise control. The measurement of the distance and the relative speed with respect to the preceding vehicle is made using a simple camera installed inside the car itself. The image received by the camera is processed by a hardware system on board the vehicle. As a result of the processing performed, the distance, in meters, and the relative speed, in m/s, existing between the vehicle itself and the preceding vehicle in the same lane of the highway or motorway is obtained. The processor on board the vehicle will modify the speed of the car in such a way that a pre-established safety time is respected. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)